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Why are they graduating in the first place? Who is passing these students? Stop passing students who can't show they learned anything, maybe? Novel idea, I know.
They... Are? Seems like a lot of people responding aren't reading the article, so:
And no, they are not all private institutions.
You're insinuating I didn't read the article. 😛 But you're right, I didn't, because the statement I was referring to is right in the title.
How are they "about to graduate" if teachers weren't passing them when they shouldn't have, if they lack basic knowledge? You shouldn't be reaching the end of your medical programme about to graduate if you haven't passed any courses. 🤷♂️
Corruuuuuption!
Americans, pay attention, because this is where you're headed in speed run fashion
I believe we USians invented the model.
Aha your president represents this exact form of corruption too
All of them, really. This one just hasn't enough game or reason to hide it.
His brain is too hollow innit
It's mostly private institutions passing people because they just care about the money and nothing else.
Source? The literal subtitle of the article says it's private and public institutions.
Try reading beyond the subtitle
Middle of the article:
Sooo...
Cherry picking huh? Municipal are the smallest and least funded public universities here, the major institutions are all state and federal level, to be honest I didn't even know there were municipal ones.
"It’s no surprise that federal public universities have received the highest marks; they are universally recognized as the best. But the evaluation of medical programs has also revealed that tuition fees can be inversely proportional to the quality of the education being offered. Medicine schools that scored the lowest (1 or 2 on a scale of 1-5) charge each student between $1,100 and $2,600 a month, according to a detailed analysis by Veja magazine. This is veritable fortune in a country where the minimum wage is $313 a month."
Not cherry picking, just wasn't aware that municipalities were smaller schools. Our school system here works different. Now I know.
Those institutions need to lose their accreditation then.
They are restricting new enrollment for now while they make other plans. Removing accreditation would punish the students more than the system. Also, they aren't all private.
That exam wasnt created for that and there is a very difficult exam to get a residency which is required for more 'complex' doctor jobs, so people didnt see the need for that until now. They are working on changes though that could involve shutting down courses that fail to meet the necessary standards